I lunged him for about 10 min just to be safe. I wasn't really interested in hitting the dirt even if said dirt is fairly soft given all the rain we got yesterday. He was pretty good and only played a little bit. Then it was time to get on - I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a smidge apprehensive. As long as I've had Charlie, he's never had 3 weeks off. Well, no need to worry. He was very well behaved, even a little pokey which is just fine by me. I focused primarily on keeping him forward, between my legs, and balanced. I could definitely tell he's lost a bit of fitness. He was a bit stiff (to be expected) and wasn't too thrilled to when I asked him to keep his balance back on his hind end but all in all, he was very good.
Here are a few pictures from a couple of weeks ago because I forgot in my excitement to take some today!
Handgrazing and of course the grass over there looks so much better...
Giving me the hairy eyeball when I tell him there's nothing wrong with the grass in front of his face.
Deciding that maybe I'm right!
Hopefully I'll be able to ride tomorrow as well - lesson on Tuesday so we may have some more remedial trailer loading in preparation...
I vote yes to trailer loading. Of course, he'll probably never give you another problem with it for the rest of his life. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm with SprinklerBandit... good for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! Keeping my fingers crossed...
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